			     BASH PATCH REPORT
			     =================

Bash-Release:	4.2
Patch-ID:	bash42-032

Bug-Reported-by:	Ruediger Kuhlmann <RKuhlmann@orga-systems.com>
Bug-Reference-ID:	<OFDE975207.0C3622E5-ONC12579F3.00361A06-C12579F3.00365E39@orga-systems.com>
Bug-Reference-URL:	http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-bash/2012-05/msg00010.html

Bug-Description:

Bash-4.2 has problems with DEL characters in the expanded value of variables
used in the same quoted string as variables that expand to nothing.

Patch (apply with `patch -p0'):

*** ../bash-20120427/subst.c	2012-04-22 16:19:10.000000000 -0400
--- ./subst.c	2012-05-07 16:06:35.000000000 -0400
***************
*** 8152,8155 ****
--- 8152,8163 ----
  	  dispose_word_desc (tword);
  
+ 	  /* Kill quoted nulls; we will add them back at the end of
+ 	     expand_word_internal if nothing else in the string */
+ 	  if (had_quoted_null && temp && QUOTED_NULL (temp))
+ 	    {
+ 	      FREE (temp);
+ 	      temp = (char *)NULL;
+ 	    }
+ 
  	  goto add_string;
  	  break;
***************
*** 8556,8560 ****
        if (quoted & (Q_HERE_DOCUMENT|Q_DOUBLE_QUOTES))
  	tword->flags |= W_QUOTED;
!       if (had_quoted_null)
  	tword->flags |= W_HASQUOTEDNULL;
        list = make_word_list (tword, (WORD_LIST *)NULL);
--- 8564,8568 ----
        if (quoted & (Q_HERE_DOCUMENT|Q_DOUBLE_QUOTES))
  	tword->flags |= W_QUOTED;
!       if (had_quoted_null && QUOTED_NULL (istring))
  	tword->flags |= W_HASQUOTEDNULL;
        list = make_word_list (tword, (WORD_LIST *)NULL);
***************
*** 8587,8591 ****
  	  if (word->flags & W_NOEXPAND)
  	    tword->flags |= W_NOEXPAND;
! 	  if (had_quoted_null)
  	    tword->flags |= W_HASQUOTEDNULL;	/* XXX */
  	  list = make_word_list (tword, (WORD_LIST *)NULL);
--- 8595,8599 ----
  	  if (word->flags & W_NOEXPAND)
  	    tword->flags |= W_NOEXPAND;
! 	  if (had_quoted_null && QUOTED_NULL (istring))
  	    tword->flags |= W_HASQUOTEDNULL;	/* XXX */
  	  list = make_word_list (tword, (WORD_LIST *)NULL);
*** ../bash-4.2-patched/patchlevel.h	Sat Jun 12 20:14:48 2010
--- ./patchlevel.h	Thu Feb 24 21:41:34 2011
***************
*** 26,30 ****
     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
  
! #define PATCHLEVEL 31
  
  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */
--- 26,30 ----
     looks for to find the patch level (for the sccs version string). */
  
! #define PATCHLEVEL 32
  
  #endif /* _PATCHLEVEL_H_ */